The Tiger in the Grass

Stories and Other Inventions

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary
Cover of the book The Tiger in the Grass by Harriet Doerr, Penguin Publishing Group
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Author: Harriet Doerr ISBN: 9781440674310
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: October 1, 1996
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Harriet Doerr
ISBN: 9781440674310
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: October 1, 1996
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

In her first collection of stories and pieces, Harriet Doerr explores the magical power of memory and brings us a wealth of unforgettable characters: eccentric eighty-two-year-old Great-Aunt Alice, who, empowered by a lucid memory, lived out her final, physically debilitated years with grace; Edie, who arrives in California from England to bring sanity and peace to a house with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower; Paco, eight years old, and Gloria, eleven, children caught between the longing and pleasures of childhood and the harsh mature realities of their meager circumstances in a Mexican village. These and other characters are captured in the web of life with a startling sensitivity that will touch the reader at every turn.

“Strikingly pure and radiant.”—The New York Times Book Review

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In her first collection of stories and pieces, Harriet Doerr explores the magical power of memory and brings us a wealth of unforgettable characters: eccentric eighty-two-year-old Great-Aunt Alice, who, empowered by a lucid memory, lived out her final, physically debilitated years with grace; Edie, who arrives in California from England to bring sanity and peace to a house with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower; Paco, eight years old, and Gloria, eleven, children caught between the longing and pleasures of childhood and the harsh mature realities of their meager circumstances in a Mexican village. These and other characters are captured in the web of life with a startling sensitivity that will touch the reader at every turn.

“Strikingly pure and radiant.”—The New York Times Book Review

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